He takes the carcass; he slices it into two halves, Rather like a clamshell, and out of the top half he creates the firmament, the Heaven.

他提起死尸，将它劈成两半，就像掰开贝壳一样，用死尸的上半部分，他创造了苍穹，也就是天空。

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This image of the afterlife is founded on the orthodox figure for eternity. The body stays to the earth while the soul, like the day-star, rises to the sky.

关于来生的这幅画面是建立在正统基督教,对永生的信仰上的，肉体归于泥土,灵魂却会像启明星一样升上天空。

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